<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xml:base="http://connect.educause.edu" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<channel>
 <title>EDUCAUSE | EDUCAUSE CONNECT - Information Technology Accessibility in Higher Education: Research and Promising Practices - Comments</title>
 <link>http://connect.educause.edu/display/40119</link>
 <image>
    <title>EDUCAUSE CONNECT</title> 
    <link>http://connect.educause.edu/display/40119</link> 
    <url>http://connect.educause.edu/educause/images/e_rss.png</url> 
 </image>
 <description>Comments for &quot;Information Technology Accessibility in Higher Education: Research and Promising Practices&quot;</description>
 <language>en</language>

<item>
 <title>Information Technology Accessibility in Higher Education: Research and Promising Practices</title>
 <link>http://connect.educause.edu/display/40119</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;Federal law requires higher education entities to ensure that qualified students with disabilities have equal access to programs and services, including those that use information technology. In 2004, ATHEN, the Access Technologists Higher Education Network, an association of 96 professionals who are responsible for IT accessibility at their higher education institutions, conducted a study to identify current practices in staffing, procedures, funding, and policy related to IT accessibility. This bulletin presents the findings of that study and discusses the implications for higher education.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <comments>http://connect.educause.edu/display/40119#comments</comments>
 <enclosure url="http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERB0512.pdf" length="" type="application/pdf" />
 <category domain="http://connect.educause.edu/tag/Access+for+Persons+with+Disabilities/322">Access for Persons with Disabilities</category>
 <category domain="http://connect.educause.edu/tag/Adaptive+and+Assistive+Technology/5149">Adaptive and Assistive Technology</category>
 <category domain="http://connect.educause.edu/tag/American+Disabilities+Act/5141">American Disabilities Act</category>
 <category domain="http://connect.educause.edu/tag/Documents+Contributed+by+ECAR/4931">Documents Contributed by ECAR</category>
 <category domain="http://connect.educause.edu/tag/Information+Access+Management/153">Information Access Management</category>
 <category domain="http://connect.educause.edu/tag/IT+Staffing/229">IT Staffing</category>
 <category domain="http://connect.educause.edu/tag/Web+Accessibility/438">Web Accessibility</category>
 <category domain="http://connect.educause.edu/tag/Research+Bulletins/5641">Research Bulletins</category>
 <category domain="http://connect.educause.edu/tag/Articles%2C+Papers%2C+and+Reports/4973">Articles, Papers, and Reports</category>
 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2005 09:05:50 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>drupal</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">40119 at http://connect.educause.edu</guid>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
